**Currently on Injured Reserve**
-Has missed 39 games thus far due to injury
-Recorded a career-high plus-3 rating, Nov. 8 vs. VAN
-Had a career-long three-game goal/point streak (4-2=6), Oct. 11-14
-Registered his second multi-goal game of the season (2-0=2), Oct. 26 vs. CBJ
-Registered career-highs in points and goals (2-1=3), Oct. 14 vs. EDM
-Scored his first goal of the season (1-0=1) on two shots in 11:30 TOI, Oct. 11 at ARI
Last 5 Games:
-Logged 8:58 TOI before leaving the game early due to a lower-body injury, Jan. 10 vs. WPG
-Scored his 12th goal of the year on two shots with four shots in 14:37 TOI, Jan. 8 vs. NYR
-Registered two hits in 10:44 TOI, Jan. 3 vs. NSH
-Tallied an assist on two shots with two hits in 14:01 TOI, Jan. 1 at VAN
-Recorded two shots in 16:47 TOI, Dec. 30 at EDM

He's only 17 but he can see the ice so well and he moves the puck and goes to the open ice all the time, so I just think he's a player that is ready to play in the NHL. I'm really looking forward to coaching someone like this.

— U.S. National Junior Team coach Ron Wilson on Auston Matthews, the projected No. 1 pick of the 2016 NHL Draft